# Brazil: Flavio Bolsonaro faces corruption probe weeks before election

https://mins.news/en/item/55657

- DW, 2026-09-12 09:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-faces-corruption-probe-weeks-before-election/a-79242561?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s leading right-wing challenger, is under investigation for alleged corruption, money laundering and tax evasion connected to financing a biopic about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Investigators are examining about $12 million in funds, while police raided the film company and an executive producer’s office. Those involved deny wrongdoing.

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